21-33    Number of Health Institutions
										(unit)
		Hospitals				Specialized Preven-	Sanitation and	Maternity and	Medicines and	Research Institutes	Other
Year	Total		At and Above	Sanatoriums	Clinics	tion & Treatment	Antiepidemic	Child  Care	Chemical Reagent	of Medical	Institutions
			County level			Centers or Stations	Agencies	Centers	Test Labs	Science
1978	169732	64421	8841	389	94395	887	2989	2459	844	219	3129
1980	180553	65450	9478	470	102474	1138	3105	2610	1213	282	3811
1985	200866	59614	11497	640	126604	1566	3410	2724	1420	323	4565
1990	208734	62454	13489	650	129332	1781	3618	2820	1892	337	5850
1991	209036	63101	13638	642	128665	1818	3652	2854	1927	335	6042
1992	204787	61352	13917	639	125873	1845	3673	2841	1953	339	6272
1993	193586	60784	14713	600	115161	1872	3609	2791	1976	436	6357
1994	191742	67857	14762	587	105984	1905	3611	2857	1990	437	6514
1995	190057	67807	14771	582	104406	1895	3629	2832	1995	427	6484
1996	188803	67964	15056	528	103472	1887	4000	2764	2000	427	5761
1997	315033	67911	15219	506	229474	1893	4012	2748	2014	426	6049
1998	314097	67081	15277	503	229349	1889	4018	2724	2020	423	6090
1999	310996	66935	15413	503	226588	1877	4023	2630	1927	421	6092
2000	324771	66509	15446	471	240934	1839	4065	2598	1790	405	6160
2001	330348	65424	15451	461	248061	1783	4253	2548	1453	397	5968
a)"Individual practitioners" that were not included in health institutions before 1997 were reclassified as "private clinics" since 1997, and were
included in the number of clinics.
b) Number of clinics include clinics, health care stations, and infirmary.
c) Data on sanitation and antiepidemic agencies before 1995 referred only to the number of sanitation and antiepidemic stations.